Hailey Wellington

Am F It scatters across the oceans and it collects in the trees C G It goes over ashes like skin and like bone Am F It settles in silence where no one will see C G It clings to the air in the spaces we leave Am F It follows the fire, it follows the cold C G It settles in stories that we never told Am F And it lives there alone, till we all lie cold F G I breathe it in slow like the truth cant be said Am Em Like dust from a love that we long laid to rest Am F And it stays, stays, stays Am F Like dust in the lungs Am F And it stays, stays, stays Am F Like a stain of blood Am F It drifts through the hollows where light cannot go C G It hums in the cracks where the old floors moan Am F It sleeps in the corners and it waits on walls C G It whispers in echoes through these old empty halls Am F It follows the wind, it follows the stone C G It sits there bitter, it sits there alone Am F And it stays, stays, stays Am F Like dust in the lungs Am F And it stays, stays, stays Am F Like a stain of blood Am F And we have lost, lost, lost Am F What many called home Am F It waits, waits, waits Em Am In the silence, silence, silence